Omega Force_Legends Never Die by Joshua Dalzelle

Author:Joshua Dalzelle [Dalzelle, Joshua]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-19T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 13

"Sir, Subdirector Ursic Pavon to see you."

"Send him in, Similan," Saditava Mok said, reaching over and killing the hologram of one of his Points as they were in the middle of giving a report. He looked up as the Subdirector of Imperial Intelligence strode in. Back when Mok was still a believer and worked for the Eshquarian Empire, Pavon had been one of his superiors. He'd most recently seen the subdirector when he'd traveled to Eshquaria to ask for Pavon's help during the crisis on Khepri.

"Colonel," Pavon said respectfully. "I see you've got quite a few construction projects going on here."

"Have a seat, Subdirector," Mok said, not getting up. "Yes… the confrontation with Arx ended up causing quite a bit of damage."

"Arx blew your home up like this?" Pavon asked. "He was usually more subtle."

"No… most of the destruction was done by the people who came to rescue me," Mok said. "So to what do I owe the dubious pleasure of your company?"

"Believe it or not, I'm here officially and at the behest of the Empire," Pavon said. "We need information that we feel you may be in a unique position to sell us. You've heard the rumors about the political shakeups within the ConFed Council?"

"I have," Mok said carefully. He knew Pavon was an honorable man, but he was also a loyal soldier. It wasn't his intentions that were suspect, but those of the people who sent him. "I can't imagine that I would have any more information in that area than Imperial Intelligence."

"Of course not." Pavon laughed. "In fact, I'm going to give you something for free just so you understand the context of what we need. The short answer is that whatever rumors you've heard, the truth is far more shocking: Essentially, someone has wrested control of the Council away from the Pillar Worlds. Sweeping changes are being implemented behind the scenes that indicate a whole new direction in how the ConFed manages its member worlds."

"I've heard about the more aggressive posturing," Mok said. "Why does the Empire care? Actually, doesn't a more militaristic ConFed bode well for you since you sell them most of their weaponry?"

"You'd assume so, but that's part of what's changing," Pavon said. "Our sources have found conclusive evidence that the new leadership is unhappy with the current arrangement. They find it inefficient and risky to purchase weapons from an independent, sovereign power. There's been talk of either stepping up their own weapons production—"

"Which will take too long."

"—or using the Fleet to … absorb … the problematic Eshquarian Empire. You know as well as I do that, despite what we tell our citizens, if the ConFed moved against us with any real intent it would be a short fight. On numbers alone they have four times as many capital ships. The only thing that's kept the peace has been our usefulness and their inability to get a large enough consensus within the Council to move on us."

"And that's changed," Mok said.

"It has indeed.

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